Maurice Touati
1920–1942 (age 22)
Biography
Maurice Touati was born in 1920 in Ivry-sur-Seine and worked as a turner, a skilled metalworking trade essential to manufacturing and industry. He grew up in the industrial suburbs of Paris during the interwar years, a time of economic uncertainty and growing political tensions.
Maurice died in 1942 at the age of 22, during the German occupation of France. His memory is preserved as part of the historical record of those whose lives were cut short by World War II.